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From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: jbovlaste checklist
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How are you going to ensure that new helpers don't start checking out words=
 that have already been checked by somebody else?=0A=0AMaybe you should ass=
ign blocs of words to each of the helpers?=0A=0Atotus=0A=0A=0A>=0A>(This is=
 something I brought up before.)=0A>=0A>I have been more or less guiding my=
 jbovlaste works with some word list suggesting which words are likely to b=
e more demanded by speakers of the natlangs to which the valsi's definition=
s belong. The aim is to enrich jbovlaste entries in the order of practical =
importances and help it enhance in its answerability-to-general-inquiries f=
aster. The list I've been using for Lojban-English entries is the General S=
ervice List (about 2000 words). I'm planning to check the Academic Word Lis=
t as well in the future once I finish for GSL. But the process has been tak=
ing longer than I expected. And I was wondering if somebody could collabora=
te. Not necessarily doing the actual editing in jbovlaste, but even just go=
ing through the list and comb out words/concepts that already have an entry=
 in jbovlaste. I created a page on a collaborative-text-editing website (si=
milar to Google Wave but simpler and faster), which anybody can edit withou=
t the hassle of registering a
 new account and logging in:=0A>=0A>=A0http://meetingwords.com/XKk5bOaYbd=
=0A>=0A>(It's even equipped with a chat functionality.)=0A>=0A>Feel free to=
 come and erase the items you have confirmed exist in jbovlaste. (But pleas=
e be wary of words with multiple general meanings. For instance, "reserve" =
can mean "to keep back" or "to make a reservation" and can be a gloss for d=
ifferent valsi.)=0A>=0A>Some words may be a gloss for a cmavo. I was sugges=
ted in the past that the jbovlaste editing should be focused on brivla rath=
er than cmavo. So we can leave them for later, moving them to the section "=
for CMAVO" at the bottom of the page. We may also want to prioritise verbs =
over their noun counterparts (e.g. "interfere" over "interference"), since =
the latter can mostly be derived easily by adding a NU to the former.=0A>=
=0A>mu'o mi'e tijlan=0A>
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ting which words are likely to be more demanded by speakers of the natlangs=
 to which the valsi's definitions belong. The aim is to enrich jbovlaste en=
tries in the order of practical importances and help it enhance in its answ=
erability-to-general-inquiries faster. The list I've been using for Lojban-=
English entries is the General Service List (about 2000 words). I'm plannin=
g to check the Academic Word List as well in the future once I finish for G=
SL. But the process has been taking longer than I expected. And I was wonde=
ring if somebody could collaborate. Not necessarily doing the actual editin=
g in jbovlaste, but even just going through the list and comb out words/con=
cepts that already have an entry in jbovlaste. I created a page on a
 collaborative-text-editing website (similar to Google Wave but simpler and=
 faster), which anybody can edit without the hassle of registering a new ac=
count and logging in:<BR><BR>&nbsp;<A href=3D"http://meetingwords.com/XKk5b=
OaYbd" rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank>http://meetingwords.com/XKk5bOaYbd</A=
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o come and erase the items you have confirmed exist in jbovlaste. (But plea=
se be wary of words with multiple general meanings. For instance, "reserve"=
 can mean "to keep back" or "to make a reservation" and can be a gloss for =
different valsi.)<BR><BR>Some words may be a gloss for a cmavo. I was sugge=
sted in the past that the jbovlaste editing should be focused on brivla rat=
her than cmavo. So we can leave them for later, moving them to the section =
"for CMAVO" at the bottom of the page. We may also want to prioritise verbs=
 over their noun counterparts (e.g. "interfere" over "interference"),
 since the latter can mostly be derived easily by adding a NU to the former=
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